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Jay D. Squiers joined American Capital in October 2007 as a Principal in the Dallas-based Energy Group where Mr. Squiers focuses on debt and minority equity financings in support of private equity sponsors, acquisitions, as well as direct financings for companies across the energy sector. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Squiers was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group, where he spent two years originating leveraged loans for the Drawbridge Special Opportunities Funds of Fortress. Prior to Fortress, Mr. Squiers worked in the Dallas office of Prudential Capital Group for nearly fifteen years. For his last nine years at Prudential, Jay headed a team charged with originating, executing, managing, and exiting a variety of fixed and floating rate investments, including senior and subordinated debt and mezzanine investments to a wide range of industries with an emphasis on energy investments in North America. While at Prudential, Mr. Squiers worked closely with companies in the exploration and production, oilfield services, coal, refining, marketing, pipeline and power sectors.
Jay earned a JD with Honors from the University of Texas School of Law at Austin and an AB, magna cum laude from Princeton University. Jay is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. | 